(L.A.) Cruz Saldana Munoz, 36, Died on the 5 Freeway

Case Number: 2026-12902

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 36-year-old Hispanic female in the Los Feliz/Atwater Village area.

The coroner’s office identified the woman as Cruz Saldana Munoz.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt-Force Traumatic Injuries

RIP CRUZ SALDANA MUNOZ ( August 15, 2026)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday.

The decedent was in a two-vehicle traffic collision that happened on the northbound I-5 at the Los Feliz Boulevard off-ramp shortly before 8:22 a.m.

Three women were injured inside a Toyota and had to be extracted by LAFD.

A concrete center-divider structure was impacted and cracked.

Northbound Interstate 5 at the Los Feliz Boulevard off-ramp